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Maps of the world are 'completely misleading' as true size of countries shown
The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...
Fascinating size-comparison maps reveal how big countries and continents REALLY are, with the UK smaller than California... and Africa swamping Australia
Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to another is a long-distance haul. But their perspective on the ...